Example sentences of "it [is] claimed " in BNC.
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| 1 | Critchley 's party-piece has the rounded phrasing , the well-turned punchline of frequent rehearsal ( it 's claimed that some of his fans can recite it back to him ) , but it captures the tone of the Tories in those days perfectly . |
| 2 | It 's claimed , perhaps unsurprisingly , that the Young Pretender also spent a night out on one of the three , Sgurr Thuilm . |
| 3 | It concerned the toxic effects of atmospheric lead and was characterised by a series of comments like ‘ It 's claimed that even low levels of lead can cause brain damage ’ , ‘ It 's been difficult to get conclusive evidence ’ , ‘ There 's a whole lot of evidence ’ , ‘ Yes but there is conflicting evidence ’ , all delivered without any one of the four speakers actually providing figures to explain what the concern and disagreement was all about . |
| 4 | The stone of friendship which , it 's claimed , can help you overcome shyness . |
| 5 | Once again it 's claimed that the algae is toxic enough to kill animals , specifically two dogs according to the Glasgow Daily Record . |
| 6 | The Pro GAP is fed into a Rocktron 300G Compressor which , it 's claimed , is specifically designed for guitar and bass rigs . |
| 7 | Revlon 's Moisture Lipstick , £6.95 , contains chronospheres which , it 's claimed , continuously release the colour , shine and moisturisers so it lasts without staining and feels smooth and comfortable . |
| 8 | The Sawdoctors claim ( or it 's claimed for them ) that they 're the voice of a young , rural Ireland . |
| 9 | Again it 's claimed that the smallest unit — the 300 — can be used on fishtanks . |
| 10 | Integrated into the Optivity network management system , it 's claimed to allow for management of an entire network including Ethernet , Token Ring , FDDI and Asynchronous Transfer Mode technologies . |
| 11 | Los Altos , California-based Full Source Software Inc has begun shipping UniShred , a $150 suite of media erasure applications that irrevocably delete files and securely obliterate data in files , making any kind of retrieval impossible : it 's claimed to be the first Unix package to conform to the strictest government and commercial standards , directly replacing Unix 's rm utility . |
| 12 | In the end they did n't perform and have since left the country ‘ in disgust ’ it 's claimed . |
| 13 | With the correct flow rates it 's claimed that water changes are virtually redundant . |
| 14 | It 's claimed that for some men and women it 's like a drug they ca n't do without — and they end up like any other addict , ruining their lives , desperate for the next ‘ fix ’ . |
| 15 | Current trends , though , are towards the Graphical User Interface ( GUI ) , which , it 's claimed , make computing tasks easier , makes applications easier to learn , and increase productivity . |
| 16 | It 's claimed as the hangar burned the two men were seen pointing at the flames and laughing . |
| 17 | It 's claimed that clearing Dickens and Jones in Milton Keynes on a busy pre-Christmas shopping day cost the firm one hundred thousand pounds in lost business . |
| 18 | Among the attractions is a perfume which , it 's claimed , can stop dogs barking . |
| 19 | It 's claimed that Gilbey spoke to the Princess of Wales , who was using an ordinary domestic telephone . |
| 20 | It 's claimed that Gilbey spoke to the Princess of Wales , who was using an ordinary domestic telephone . |
| 21 | It 's claimed that the fox is a predator , killing lambs and free range chickens and must be controlled ; an argument not accepted by the RSPCA . |
| 22 | The body of Alan Chalky White was found in lake fifty six at the Cotswold Water Park in 1989 … the same lake , it 's claimed that was used to hide the drugs.Tim Hurst reports from Winchester Crown Court . |
| 23 | It 's claimed the night she died , Kim had been to this nightclub near the Champs Elysees and had returned late with a friend and the accused . |
| 24 | It 's claimed there 's still an area the size of a town left to be built on . |
| 25 | It 's claimed that the laser-engraved cards are fraud-proof at a cost of £1.20 each to produce , compared with 25p for the old cards It 's an investment that the industry hopes will beat the fraudsters hands down . |
| 26 | It 's claimed that Honda is turning away job applicants who belong to a union . |
| 27 | ( WES ) But now it 's claimed the charities are the victims of Government bungling . |
| 28 | A church playgroup is facing closure because , it 's claimed , church elders do n't like children . |
| 29 | It 's claimed that the jail now houses almost double the number of prisoners it was designed for . |
| 30 | Dragon racing uses skills learned from a two thousand year old legend … yet it 's claimed to be the fastest growing sport in Britain . |